Never Let Me Go

How does Ishiguro present Ruth and Tommy’s romantic relationship in Never Let Me Go

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• what Ruth and Tommy say and do

• how Ishiguro presents Ruth and Tommy’s romantic relationship.

‘ Never Let Me Go is a novel about characters trying their best to be happy in terrible circumstances.’

How far do you agree with this view?

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• what characters in the novel say and do

• how Ishiguro presents the characters.

How far does Ishiguro present Kathy as a likeable character?

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• what Kathy says and does

• how far Ishiguro presents Kathy as a likeable character.

How does Ishiguro present the relationship between carers and donors in Never Let Me Go ?

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• what the carers and donors say and do

• how Ishiguro presents the relationship between the carers and donors.

How far does Ishiguro present Ruth as an unlikeable character in Never Let Me Go ?

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what Ruth says and does

how far Ishiguro presents Ruth as unlikeable.

How far does Ishiguro present hopes and dreams as important to characters in Never Let Me Go ?

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hopes and dreams that characters have

how far Ishiguro presents these hopes and dreams as important.

How does Ishiguro present the friendship between Kathy and Ruth in Never Let Me Go ?

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• the friendship between Kathy and Ruth

• how Ishiguro presents the friendship between Kathy and Ruth.

‘Tommy is presented as the character who suffers the most in Never Let Me Go. ’

How far do you agree with this view?

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• what Tommy says and does, and what happens to him

• how Ishiguro presents Tommy in the novel.

How does Ishiguro present the influence of life at Hailsham on the lives of Kathy, Tommy and Ruth?

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• what life is like at Hailsham

• how Ishiguro presents the influence of life at Hailsham.

‘It is strange that none of the young people rebel against the system.’

How far do you agree with this view of Never Let Me Go ?

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• how the young people behave

• how Ishiguro uses the young people to explore ideas about rebellion.

How far does Ishiguro present Ruth as a selfish character in Never Let Me Go ?

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• what Ruth says and does that could be seen as selfish

• how Ishiguro presents Ruth by the ways he writes.

How far do you agree that Ishiguro creates ‘a nightmarish vision of society’ in Never Let Me Go ?

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• what kind of society Ishiguro presents in the novel

• how Ishiguro presents this society by the ways he writes.